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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jon Dennis

Guardian Daily: Ferguson and Shearer phone messages hacked

Broadcaster Vanessa Feltz reacts to news that her mobile phone messages were allegedly intercepted by private investigators working for the News of the World. We also hear from another victim; not a celebrity but painter and decorator Tony Harding.

Michael White assesses the mood in Westminster after the police announce there will be no new inquiry into the Guardian's revelation that News Group Newspapers - the Rupert Murdoch company that owns the News of the World - paid £1m to keep details of its journalists' methods secret.

Gordon Taylor, the chief executive of the Professional Footballers Association, was one of those whose phone was tapped. Among those contacting him were the football managers Sir Alex Ferguson and Alan Shearer. Media Talk presenter Matt Wells explains how widespread the practice of phone-tapping is in British journalism.

Steven Morris meets the relatives of British soldiers serving in Afghanistan, after a week of grim news.

And Maev Kennedy looks forward to a major exhibition of Vincent Van Gogh's paintings and letters at London's Royal Academy.

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